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22.01.2020 17:57 •  Английский язык

Ex. 16. a) supply the correct form s of the verbs. a 1. the power of the queen of england (to limit) by parliament. 2. — who (to control) the power of the prime minister’s cabinet? — it (to control) by parliament. 3. lately the company (to send) us an invitation to take part in the exhibition of electronic equipment which (to hold) in london. 4. it (to give) me a lot of pleasure to read an interesting book on the history of old russian towns. 5. mr bell (to appoint) manager of the company lately. 6. before i (to leave) london, i (to show) the most famous sights in the centre of the city. 7. some seats in the strangers’ gallery just (to reserve) for the russian business people. they (to be going) to visit the house of commons tomorrow. 8. after the purpose of the meeting (to explain) to the participants they (to invite) to the conference hall. 9. a new collection of paintings of modem french artists (to exhibit) in the halls of the museum this month. b в the hermitage [ъэгтиыз] museum (to be) one of the world’s greatest art galleries. the rich collection of the hermitage (to attract) very many people since it (to open) to the public. 2 500 000 exhibits (to display) in the museum’s halls and galleries. if somebody (to want) to look for a minute at each exhibit it (to take) him 12 years to see all of them. when the director of the hermitage (to ask) how the museum (to get) such a big collection, he (to answer): “the history of our museum (to begin) in 1764 when 225 paintings (to purchase) in the west by catherine the great. the collection (to grow) in size from year to year since then. after the revolution a lot of splendid pieces of art (to come) to the museum from private collections”. b) sum up the facts about: 1. the history of the museum; 2. the size and popularity of the museum at the present time